All Screen articles in 16 March 2005 – Page 4

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    Films In Progress announces 2005 line-up

    2005-03-11T04:00:00Z

    FilmsIn Progress, the joint completion financing initiative of the San SebastianInternational Film Festival and the Latin American Film Festival of Toulouse,has unveiled the seven titles screening in the seventh edition March 17-18 inToulouse.The titles were selected from among 47 entries from acrossLatin America. They will screen for producers, distributors, labs,broadcasters, ...

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    Fourtou to step down from Vivendi Universal

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Vivendi Universal chairmanJean-Rene Fourtou will leave his post this spring he affirmed Thursday during apress conference to report the company's 2004 results.Fourtou took over the reinsof Vivendi Universal from controversial former chairman Jean-Marie Messier whowas forced out in mid-2002. Under Fourtou's stewardship, the company has soldoff many of its assets, ...

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    Nolte, Mechlowicz head Peaceful Warrior cast

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    NickNolte has been cast in the key role of Socrates in Peaceful Warrior, a movie based on Dan Millman's bestsellingself-help novel Way Of The Peaceful Warrior which went into production this week.Hejoins Scott Mechlowicz, Amy Smart and Agnes Bruckner in the cast. Victor Salva(Jeepers Creepers and JeepersCreepers 2) is directing ...

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    Caplan named as UK Film Council's Premiere Fund chief

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    The UK Film Council hasappointed Sally Caplan to replace Robert Jones as chief of its high-profileNational Lottery fund for commercial films, the Premiere Fund.Caplan, currently presidentof Icon Film Distribution in the UK, told staff on Friday that she was takingthe position, which puts the well-liked executive in charge of the ...

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    ShoWest awards watch: Rachel McAdams

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Rachel McAdams has been named ShoWest 2005 supporting actress of the year and will collect her award at the closing night ceremony in Las Vegas on Mar 17. McAdams will next be seen opposite Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in the New Line comedy The Wedding Crashers and Wes Cravens' ...

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    Mar del Plata kicks off in face of economic troubles

    2005-03-10T04:00:00Z

    Argentina's Mar del Plata International Film Festival kicksoff its 20th anniversary edition today (March 10-20) with a line-up boastingmore than 300 titles.Thisyear the sole FIAPF-accredited A-grade festival in Latin America will also hostthe first annual Mercosur Film Market (March 14-19), sponsored by Al-Invest,Europe's MEDIA Programme and the local Exportar Foundation."The ...

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    Hit Danish director readies supernatural Island

    2005-03-10T04:00:00Z

    Nikolaj Arcel, the Danish director of local smash King'sGame, is to shoot action adventure The Island Of Lost Souls thisJune. Produced through Zentropa and Nimbus Film, Island Of LostSouls is a supernatural family film in the vein of Steven Spielberg'searlier work. Unusually for a Danish film, nearly 20% of its ...

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    Universal promotes Cole to senior vp, media

    2005-03-10T04:00:00Z

    Suzanne Cole has beenpromoted to senior vice president of media at Universal Pictures, and willserve as chief strategist for media planning for film marketing campaigns andfor Universal Studios Home Entertainment releases.Cole, who willreport directly to Universal Pictures Marketing president Adam Fogelson, joinedUniversal as vice president of media in 1999.Since then ...

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    Chartier sets up new sales company with Devlin

    2005-03-10T04:00:00Z

    International sales veteran Nicolas Chartier has teamed up with Dean Devlin'sproduction house Electric Entertainment to form the international sales company VoltagePictures.Voltage will pick up films for international sales as well as handling Electric's film and television slate, including TheTriangle, which is setto premiere in the US on the Sci-Fi ...

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    Pathe's Chorus tunes into changing UK market

    2005-03-10T04:00:00Z

    When Pathelaunches The Chorus (Les Choristes) into the UK on Friday, itwill do so in a way unthinkable for a foreign language film just a few yearsago.For a start, thefilm is launching at approximately 65 locations, a scale of release that wouldhave seen as wildly over-optimistic back in the 1990s.The ...

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    Baby rides Million Dollar Oscar wave

    2005-03-10T04:00:00Z

    Just as a bestpicture Oscar win can mean so much at the domestic box office, so it serves toboost a picture's international prospects. Million DollarBaby's night of triumphon Feb 27 has already had significant ramifications for its international roll-outthrough Lakeshore Entertainment and there are no signs of letting up. Since ...

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    Alliance Atlantis MPD unveils 2004 revenue hike

    2005-03-10T04:00:00Z

    Alliance Atlantis' incometrust Motion Picture Distribution has recorded a 27% increase in its revenuefor 2004. The rise, from $340m(C$410.5m) in 2003 to $433m (C$522.5m) in 2004, came from strong results acrossthe breadth of the company's holdings in Canada, the UK and Spain. Canadian operations recordedtheir fourth consecutive year as the ...

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    Tribeca unveils narrative and documentary strands

    2005-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Tribeca Film festivalorganisers have unveiled the NY, NY Narrative Competition and NY, NYDocumentary competition strands as well as the Narrative Feature FilmCompetition and Documentary Feature Film Competition programmes.Boasting 24 world premieres,the two NY, NY strands entries cover a range of subjects from post 9/11 griefto slapstick comedy to tales of ...

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    France's CNC paints mixed picture of film investment

    2005-03-10T00:00:00Z

    France's CNCreleased its 2004 survey of the local sector production on Wednesday, withheadline figures showing that the number of films produced in 2004 droppedslightly to 203 from 212 the previous year. Overall, totalproduction spend was Euros 1.049bn, down from Euros 1.153bn in 2003. The mainreason for the fall is a ...

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    Cannes to showcase Mexican cinema

    2005-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Cannes is to throw a spotlight on the Mexican film industryat this year's film festival (May 11-22).The Cannes Classics section will be dedicated to Mexicothis year, showcasing a number of classic Mexican pictures whose restorationhas been funded by Fundacion Televisa, the cultural arm of Latin American mediagiant Televisa Group.Backed the ...

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    FRANCE 11 March

    2005-03-10T00:00:00Z

    In itssecond week, the star studded Meet The Fockers knocked local comedy Iznogoudfrom its top perch. The filmsold an additional 425,793 tickets to bring it to a cumulative score of$8,647,434. JamieFoxx's Oscar earning turn in Ray landed the film at number two in itsdebut week with 381,813 admissions on a ...

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    ITALY 10 March

    2005-03-10T00:00:00Z

    None of the six films which were released in Italylast weekend managed to dethrone the top three films at the local box office.UIP's animation feature Shark Tale held firmlyon to the top spot for the second week running, grossing $7,939,095 from 422screens for a strong average of $7,204.However,the weekend's sweetest ...